Top doctor reveals exactly why avalanche mortality rate is so high — after Tahoe skiers tragedy

Source: New York Post

A top doctor has revealed why avalanches have such a high mortality rate -– after eight skiers were killed near Lake Tahoe. Eric Stendell, an emergency physician in Truckee, near the site of Tuesday’s tragedy, said people either die from blunt force trauma, asphyxiation or hypothermia. 4 The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office along with the Nevada County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue team.